On the third day of the third lunar month, shepherd's purse is a magic pill. In some places in the south, shepherd's purse is used to boil eggs on the third day. It is said that Hua Tuo, a famous doctor, cured the old man's dizziness with boiled eggs with shepherd's purse flowers on March 3, so the custom of "eating boiled eggs with local vegetables on March 3 can save him a headache for a year" was handed down.
It's hard to say whether shepherd's purse is so magical or not, but shepherd's purse and eggs have good nutrition. You can do some when you are free. Shepherd's purse, also known as Dimitak, is homophonic for "gathering wealth". Leaves, stems, roots and flower seeds can all be used as medicine to benefit water and improve eyesight, so it is called "licorice in vegetables".
Shepherd's purse shepherd's purse is mostly in the wild. When early spring is tender, it can be used to cook jiaozi and wrap jiaozi. But by the third day of the third lunar month, most of them are blooming and heading. Pull out a bundle of boiled eggs, add some red dates and ginger slices. After eating eggs, you can also taste delicious shepherd's purse soup with your family, which can not only preserve your health, but also have a good meaning of "gathering wealth"
Most of the shepherd's purse has blossomed and headed this season, and it can be dug at will in rural fields or on the roadside, basically without spending money. After the shepherd's purse is washed, it can be boiled by roots.
Be sure to clean the egg skin with a small brush, otherwise the shepherd's purse soup will be polluted by chicken manure on the egg skin, and the shepherd's purse soup can't be drunk.
When making shepherd's purse soup, you can add some red dates, longan, peanuts and soybeans, and add them at will according to the existing ingredients at home. If there is precipitation in the soup, you can clarify it before drinking.